Chapter 98: Lacking (2/2)
He was indeed correct. In the last fight with the trolls, only a few of them had been able to fight the trolls on their own and the rest had worked with teams. As freemen, it wasn't really efficient to train fighters with low or average potential on how to fight on their own as their limited resources were better off elsewhere.
They would train people like that on how to survive dangerous situations and not how to win. It was better to focus on fighting as a team, compensating for your teammate's weakness.
Tyler understood where that line of thinking was coming from but he could not apply that to warriors who generally only had low magic potential to begin with. Warriors needed all the training they could get to surpass their potential otherwise they would always lack behind mages and magic warriors.
Looking at the sorry states of most of the fighters challenging the undead. Tyler knew they needed better training and equipment. Most of them seem to lack effective skills and even the few mages didn't have a wide variety of spells. It was clear that most of their fighters hadn't even reached their potential yet and were just lacking the necessary resources but some just needed to work harder.
The competition continued and so far, no one had even come close to defeating the undead Duo. Tyler was wondering what Z would think if he found out that the two undead were his former companions but he quickly took that thought off his mind as something interesting finally happened.
The shield warrior known as Hart, the one Tyler considered a very lovable idiot took on the challenge of the Black Knight. He had done well against the trolls but Tyler wanted to see how he would fare on his own. He roared like a beast as his body glowed in a slight orange hue as he charged at the Black Knight who also charged at him.
Challenging the Lich right now was Jarret, he wasted no time using a skill as razor-sharp wind tore through the air at the Lich that still hadn't moved from his previous location even after battling so many opponents.
Tyler was secretly impressed by the Lich's swag but he still rooted for Jarret. The Lich quickly cast a spell and a wall of flame rose from the ground, absorbing the razor wind however, Jarret wasn't done yet. He swiftly moved behind the Lich and forcefully swung his sword diagonally.
°Tempest Blades°
Several blades of powerful howling wind followed his strike and before the Lich could create a defensive barrier to defend himself they all descended on him, sending the Lich tumbling back to the ground.
This was the first time the Lich had been moved from his spot and it didn't look happy about it. As Jarret moved forward to press on his attack the Lich's mouth opened and a ghastly voice rang out as it cast another spell.
”Bone Immure.”
Bone spikes shot out of the ground as it trapped Jarret in a cage made of pure white bones. Jarret tried to destroy the cage but his weapon bounces off it like he had just struck a hard metal surface. Before he could compose himself to try again with a skill the Lich had already cast its next spell.
”Lightning.”
A bolt of dark silver lightning streaked out of his fingers as it aimed at Jarret. Trapped in a confined space there was no way he could block or avoid the attack, he would surely die the moment the lightning reached him.
With no way out of this, it was clear to him that he had lost this fight. As the lightning descended on him. Albert appeared before him and simply crushed the attack with his bare hands. He waved a fist and the bone cage shattered releasing Jarret.
The Lich took a step back as it had no intentions of fighting this opponent. It wasn't sure why they kept sending weak opponents at him but it looked like they didn't want him to kill those opponents.
With Albert interfering, it meant Jarret had lost and the next opponent stepped up to take on the Lich. Meanwhile, Hart's huge frame had been sent flying out of the barrier which was a disappointment fir Tyler.
Tyler sighed, both of them had done better than the others but still, they had fallen short of his expectations. Perhaps the undead's aura of Hate and aura of death had something to do with this but he couldn't be sure.
The next fighters were Jin and Raz, fighting the Knight and Lich respectively. Their fights were quite impressive but they had also fallen short of expectations. It took a while and Tyler had almost given up on the settlement when someone finally won.
Nadine had managed to defeat the Lich while Gail had defeated the Black Knight just by launching enchanted arrows at it and nimbly maintaining her distance. The next challengers had also won their battle as Lora and Talen had also managed to sneak out a win.
Naturally, Azar and the two unique trolls had won their battles but to their surprise, it wasn't an easy fight. The competition had really saved the best for last and even the spectators behind Tyler had gotten louder towards the end.
With Rekaz and Kazko defeating their opponent, the competition came to an end. It was somewhat enjoyable and a good fare ware event for Tyler as he wouldn't be here to watch the next round against both undead. Only seven people had qualified for that but it was bound to be more entertaining.
However, Tyler had other things to worry about. He also needed to design a rigorous training regimen for the settlement. He decided to have the self-proclaimed genius design the training and also give Albert command of his two Tier 2 Black Knight for the weaker members of the settlement's training.
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